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This fall, focus on your writing in one of more than 130 classes in fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, reading, the writing life, and more.
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Scribes Summer Writing Camps are open for registration!
This year, our Scribes summer camps will be held online—and to help make Scribes more accessible this summer, tuition will be pay-what-you-can.
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Join us this summer for a writing class in fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, reading, the writing life, and more—for writers of all levels.
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Whatever stage you're at with your writing career, we have consultants who can guide you through processes of revision, submission, and more.
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A place to read words, hear words, and make your own words better. We provide classes, events, and fellowships for emerging and established writers.
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Our Fall Catalog is online here!
- Memoir Intensive with Theo Nestor: Spend three days diving into the memoir, through lecture, discussion, writing prompts, brainstorming activities, and workshops.
- Revision Strategies with Alexandra Oliva: Try out a variety of revision strategies in this one-day interactive workshop.
- Generative Revision Intensive with Bill Carty: Improve your poems by utilizing a process of “conscious” revision, where the writing process itself becomes part of the work.
More info is available in our online class catalog.
From The House
Zoom Classes: Frequently Asked Questions
Posted Thu, 3/26/2020
by Katie PrinceNever taken a class using Zoom before? Don’t worry! We’re here to help. Below, we’ve compiled a list of the questions we get asked most frequently about using Zoom. If…
Meet our 2020–21 prose writer-in-residence, Ruth Joffre!
Posted Wed, 7/22/2020
by Katie PrinceSeattle, WA—Author and community organizer Ruth Joffre has been named as Hugo House’s newest prose writer-in-residence, one of the longest running programs of Seattle’s hub for writers. A graduate of…
Time and Distance Overcome: Research in Poetry by Erin Malone
Posted Mon, 6/29/2020
by Guest Contributor“Time and Distance Overcome”: I titled this class after an essay of the same name by Eula Biss. I wanted a few words to suggest how a dive into the…